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OLYMPIA, Wash., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Last week it was announced that the recently released 2013-15 House and Senate Capital Budgets include approximately $32 million in capital funding (from the Columbia River Water Supply Development Account) to help the Odessa Aquifer. The $32 million included in the capital budgets is a result of efforts by key legislators (such as Rep. Judy Warnick and Sen. Mark Schoesler, etc.) and the Department of Ecology's Office of the Columbia...
RITZVILLE, Wash., Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to requests by local and state officials to bring some clarity to the complex Odessa Subarea groundwater issue, Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association (CSRIA) economists and engineers on Jan. 4th presented a compelling review of two surface water alternatives that could serve the Subarea: 1) an approach that would require relatively large state-federal investments over time but serve Subareas north and south of 1-90...
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- This morning, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee panel conducted the nomination hearing for Senator Ken Salazar, incoming Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior. As the chief steward of our public lands, Interior Secretary Nominee Salazar will inherit one of Oregon's most significant land use decisions -- a proposal to build Oregon's first off-reservation casino in the heart of the Columbia River Gorge....
SEATTLE, Dec. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association (CSRIA) will be donating a truckload of potatoes and apples to the White Center Food Bank (10829 8th Ave SW) in Seattle on Tuesday, January 6th. The donation came about as a result of a meeting a couple of months ago that CSRIA had with Rep. Sharon Nelson (D-Vashon, 34th Legislative District), who then helped connect the association to the White Center Food Bank. "As we fight through this...
By Bill Lee The Seattle Times, Sept. 30: Retired Seattle Mariner Edgar Martinez and his wife Holli stand to provide valuable assistance in efforts to encourage more minority students to attend college and steer at least some of them toward a teaching career. The Martinez Foundation has two goals. First, to get more minority students, particularly Latinos, to choose college by offering scholarships and other help. The second, which is equally important, is to diversify the teachers corps to...
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) -- The South Fork of the Snake River is flowing at more than 10,000 cubic feet per second, the highest rate measured in decades on Sept. 1. In recent years, the river that cuts through southeastern Idaho typically drops to 8,000 cfs by the end of August. But Mike Beus, a Bureau of Reclamation hydrologist, says irrigation demand and water supply is allowing for the higher flows. The river flowed at 13,100 cfs on Sept. 1, 1966. That marked the last time the river,...
By Kathie Durbin, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Jul. 26--CAPE HORN -- Dave Bennick maneuvered his forklift into position at the front of the rambling, low-slung house. Daniel Casati revved up his chain saw and sliced through the posts supporting the front walkway's roof. Bennick slid the forks under the roof section, deftly lifted it in one piece and set it down away from the house. Bennick is a deconstruction pro with a national reputation. On this job, he's a consultant to Green Home...
By ALLEN THOMAS The Cape Horn loop trail passes under this waterfall south of state Highway 14. The U.S. Forest Service has released preliminary alternatives for a Cape Horn recreation plan that include moving the popular trail away from its passing underneath a scenic waterfall near the Columbia River. Comments on the alternatives will be accepted by the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area office in Hood River through Wednesday. For planning purposes, Cape Horn is the area in...
